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Proposal Watch| Adam Arkin
Associate Professor of Bioengineering UC Berkeley
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b. 1966; B.A. Carleton College (1988); Ph. D. M.I.T. (1992)
; Faculty Scientist, Physical Biosciences LBNL (1998-); Assistant Professor,
Bioengineering and Chemistry, University of California Berkeley. (1999-);
Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute of Medical Research (2000-)
Dr. Arkin is also Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley; Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco; Faculty Scientist in the Physical Biosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Director of the Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival. He received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then pursued postdoctoral studies at Stanford University in chemistry with John Ross and in developmental biology with Harley McAdams and Lucy Shapiro. Dr. Arkin was recently elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
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Adam Arkin is interested in the
evolutionary design principles of cellular regulatory networks and how these
principles aid in the prediction, control, and design of cellular behaviors.
His lab develops physical theory and computational tools for understanding
cellular processes such as gene expression, signal transduction cascades,
and cytomechanics. The lab also analyzes genomic data relevant to the
dynamics of regulatory networks in a number of viral, bacterial, and
eukaryotic systems, and performs experiments to test the theories.
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| Jim Breson
Project Manager in Charge of EB BP
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Jim Breson completed a B.S. in Engineering Science (’75) and an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering (’76) at Iowa State before working for five years in nuclear plant design, construction and operation. He joined British Petroleum in 1982 with assignments of increasing responsibility in production, operations, strategic planning, and project management. International postings included Commercial Development Manager in The Netherlands, Asset Manager in Norway, Mergers and Acquisitions in London and President of BP Exploration and Production Co. in China. In 2003, Breson became Director of the BP Projects Academy, a joint venture with MIT whereby Major Project Leaders complete a year-long program on optimized delivery of Major Projects. His project expertise is in the areas of concept selection, program definition, economic evaluation and all elements of commercial structure. | |
| Evan DeLucia
Professor and
Head University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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PhD, 1986, Duke University |
My laboratory is studying the
physiological ecology of vascular plants with an emphasis on the
environmental limitations to photosynthesis and resource allocation. I am
particularly interested in developing integrated models of light utilization
by plants in different habitats, with an emphasis on woody plants.
Other research projects include investigations
of the effects of UV-B irradiation on growth and photosynthesis, and the
impact of elevated CO
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Susan Jenkins Assistant Chair, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology Assistant Director, EBI UC Berkeley
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Administered the Syngenta/Novartis grant at UCB's College of Natural Resources | |
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Dan Kammen Professor, Energy and Resources Group UC Berkeley
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Assistant Profesor of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University (1993-1999)
Lecturer, Harvard University (1992-1993), Physics and Environmental Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (1988-1991) |
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Diane Leite Deputy Director QB3 Institute
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Manager, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley | |
| Stephen Long
Professor of Crop Sciences, Robert Emerson Professor, and Resident Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications University of Illinois
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The overall objectives of my research program are as
follows:
My lab integrates molecular and biochemical studies with physiological studies of photosynthesis, using state-of-the-art and custom built gas-exchange, fluorescence and controlled environment instrumentation. Much of the work involves developing and testing hypotheses on plant environmental responses under controlled conditions and then testing these in large scale multi-partner field facilities. The field facilities that we are currently using are:
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Michael Marletta Professor of Chemistry UC Berkeley
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Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley joint appointments:
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Chris Somerville [chair] Professor & Director, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford Proposed Director, EBI
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Paul Willems Vice President for Energy Bioscience BP
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David Zilberman Professor Department of Agricultural Economics UC Berkeley
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David Zilberman has been a professor in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department since 1979. He is currently the director of the Giannini Foundation and a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association. His research interests are in agricultural and nutritional policy, economics of technological change, economics of natural resources and microeconomic theory. He received his B.A. in Economics and Statistics from Tel Aviv University in Israel and his Ph'D in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley |
Rumour has it that a proposal was submitted to the EBI to utilize Nuclear Energy in order to produce the steam needed to convert plant matter into biofuel.
Another proposal on crops and poverty in West Africa was rejected.
** May 3rd, 2007
Proposal guidelines are released.
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